Self-reported methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in USA pork producers

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-334

  Leedom Larson, Kerry R ^a   Smith, Tara C ^a   Donham, Kelley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers' diseases; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Swine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PORK; SELF REPORT; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWINE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUIDAE;

ANIMALS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEAT; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SWINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955030511     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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